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7.50 Dollars - Elizabeth II Bounty
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Engraver(s) | Ian Rank-Broadley |
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| Reverse description | A finely detailed high-relief depiction of the three-masted armed transport vessel HMAV Bounty under full sail, shown in three-quarter starboard view occupying the majority of the field. The rigging, hull timbers, and billowing sails are rendered with considerable engraving detail. Below the central device, the denomination 7,50 DOLLARS appears on one line, with the weight and fineness specification 250 g FINE SILVER 999.9 inscribed on a second line near the lower rim. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Bounty connection to Cook Islands is administrative rather than sentimental — the mutineers' descendants settled Pitcairn, not the Cooks, but New Zealand's broader Pacific territories share the historical association closely enough that the subject has been a recurring anchor for Cook Islands bullion issues since the 1980s. This 250g format, issued under the Cook Islands fiscal framework that has long attracted foreign minting programs, was produced primarily as a bullion accumulation piece rather than for domestic circulation — the islands' actual monetary needs are met by the New Zealand dollar.